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How does Katniss and her friends show acts of rebellion throughout the
novel?
Katniss Everdeen and her friends show acts of rebellion by

defying the rules of the Capitol. The Capitol forces every citizen in

the twelve Districts to play by their rules. They constantly remind the

Districts that no amount of power can overcome them, and all of

Panem is at their mercy. The Capitol also sets an example of what

happens to people who tries to defy them by brutally punishing those

people. The Capitol’s most brutal way of reminding the Districts is the

Hunger games, which is a punishment for rebelling against the

Capitol approximately 75 years ago. The tributes, or the competitors

in the Games are meant to abide by the rules and let themselves be

completely controlled by the Gamemakers. However, Katniss and her

friends constantly show acts of rebellion before and after the Games.

Katniss Everdeen and her friends set fire to the rebellion by

transforming what is supposed to be a mind game of the Capitol into a

symbol of defiance against the Capitol. During the Seventy-fourth

Hunger Games, Katniss played with the Games and the Capitol twice.

The first time, when Rue died in the hands of a Career of from

District 1, Katniss mourns her by singing her to death and covering

her with flowers when the Capitol intended to turn her into a brutal

killing machine. Katniss defies the Capitol a second time when she
and Peeta try to kill themselves with poisonous berries, thus

manipulating the Capitol into having two victors. After the Seventy -

fourth Hunger Games, Katniss helps two escapees from District Eight

by giving them and abundant amount of food. When Katniss is forced

to participate in the third Quarter Quell, her stylist Cinna transforms

her wedding dress chosen by President Snow himself into a

Mockingjay gown. Cinna changed a symbol of the omnipotence of the

Capitol into a symbol of rebellion. Katniss’s fellow tributes and the

Head Gamemaker hatch a plan to smuggle the tributes out of the

Quell. Finally, Johanna Mason, one of Katniss’s allies, shouts

something very offensive and dangerous towards the Capitol.

At first, Katniss regrets her action of defiance, especially after

President Snow’s death threat, but realizes that rebellion is for the

greater good and starts an uprising. Katniss becomes a symbol of hope

for the Districts when the Capitol wants to extinguish it. The

rebellious acts of Katniss and her friends are manipulating Capitol-

made systems into their favor. For instance, Katniss plays with the

Games twice, first by mourning her fellow tribute, and then offering

to commit suicide with Peeta, which are both serious offenses to the

rules of the Games. Her fellow tributes and the Head Gamemaker

commit a huge act of rebellion of helping the tributes escape from the
Quell. Finally, Cinna transforms a symbol of the Capitol’s power into

a symbol of rebellion. Thus, Katniss and her friends defy the Capitol

by using its systems against the Capitol.

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